The Reed High School baseball team opened the season last week with five wins at the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament. Reed (5-0) opened the season with a 4-3 win over Truckee on Thursday before topping Lowry 14-4 and beating West Valley, Calif. 10-9 on Friday. Saturday, the Raiders picked up two more wins as they beat Spanish Springs 7-3 and Douglas 4-3. For the Cougs, … [Read more...]
Sparks Tribune Male Athlete of the Year: Josh Prizina
Prizina was a first-team all-region selection on the hardwood and diamond Spanish Springs basketball and baseball standout Josh Prizina is the Sparks Tribune Male Athlete of the Year. He graduated last Tuesday as one of the most decorated athletes in school history and polished off his stellar career by earning first-team all-league honors in both sports. This winter, … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Nevada conference schedule, Muss adds big man, McCusker drafted by Brewers
Nevada, and the rest of the Mountain West, put eyes on its 2017-18 conference schedule for the first time last Tuesday. Due to the 18-game non-balanced schedule, the Wolf Pack will play a home-and-home series with everyone except for New Mexico and Air Force. Nevada is scheduled to host New Mexico on December 30 and play in Colorado Springs on January 6. That means no … [Read more...]
Ten Spanish Springs athletes ink letters of intent
Loadholt teeter tottered on staying home, Drescher following history, Marcum gets late break The best boys basketball player in Spanish Springs history is officially headed to the bay. Marcus Loadholt was one of 10 Spanish Springs student athletes to sign a collegiate letter of intent during a ceremony held outside the school’s gym on Wednesday afternoon. He signed at … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: The curse of the 4A North baseball No. 1 seed, 4A title game sets records – probably, Reed standouts going Div. I
The loser’s bracket in the 4A North baseball regional tournament is ruthless. Ask Spanish Springs. The Cougars tried to slay the double-elimination dragon last week and got within one hit of winning its fifth straight elimination game and celebrating its first title since 2011. Ultimately, the grind of playing for the seventh time in five days, the fifth in three days, … [Read more...]
Walks, fatigue close curtain on Cougs in title game
13 free passes, including six with bases loaded, cost Spanish Springs in 16-15 extra-inning loss to Galena with state berth on the line RENO – Baseball purists would’ve stopped watching after three innings. Saturday’s 4A North title game at Bishop Manogue between Galena and Spanish Springs featured 31 runs, 26 hits, 26 free passes, 13 different pitchers and lasted just shy … [Read more...]
Regional Tournament: Spanish Springs upends Reno, reaches title game
Cougs knock off five-time defending champs For the first time since 2011, Spanish Springs is going to play for a regional title. The Cougars (24-7) upended five-time defending champion Reno, 5-4, on Friday night in Carson to earn a berth in Saturday’s championship game against Galena, which sent Spanish Springs to the loser’s bracket on Wednesday. The Huskies, who won … [Read more...]
Regional Tournament: Cougs walk off on Miners, walk into 4A North’s final four
Lariviere draws bases-loaded walk in bottom of seventh to extend season at least one more day RENO – Malik Lariviere has an oscillating confidence. That’s understandable given his previous six-year departure from baseball. So, when he stepped in with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh of a 5-5 regional elimination game at Bishop Manogue on … [Read more...]